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Head Start Research

Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), 1997-2013

Overview | Reports | Presentations and Papers | Instruments | Related Resources

 

Overview

 

Reports
  • Head Start Children, Families, and Programs: Present and Past Data from FACES, December 2011
    [Color PDF, 678 KB]

  • Data Tables for FACES 2009 Head Start Children, Families, and Programs: Present and Past Data from FACES, December 2011
    [Color PDF, 2.00 MB]

  • FACES 2009 Study Design, June 2011
    [Color PDF, 550 KB]

  • Head Start Children Go to Kindergarten, December 2010
    [Color PDF, 1.05 MB]

  • Data Tables for FACES 2006: Head Start Children Go to Kindergarten Report, December 2010
    [Color PDF, 7.98 MB]

  • A Second Year in Head Start: Characteristics and Outcomes of Children Who Entered the Program at Age Three, December 2010
    [Color PDF, 868 KB]

  • Data Tables for FACES 2006: A Second Year in Head Start Report, December 2010
    [Color PDF, 1.15 MB]

  • A Year in Head Start: Children, Families and Programs, October 2010
    [HTML | Color PDF, 1.18 MB]

  • A Year in Head Start Report: Data Tables for FACES 2006, October 2010
    [HTML |Color PDF, 2.57 MB]

  • Beginning Head Start: Children, Families and Programs in Fall 2006, December 2008
    [HTML | Color PDF, 345 KB]

  • Beginning Head Start: Study Design and Data Tables for FACES 2006, Baseline Report, December 2008
    [HTML | Color PDF, 1.06 MB]

  • FACES 2006: Study Design, March 2007
    [HTML | Color PDF, 293 KB | B&W PDF, 109 KB]

  • "Friendly FACES" - FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality, December 2006
    [HTML | Color PDF, 554 KB | B&W PDF, 372 KB]

  • FACES 2003 Research Brief: Children's Outcomes and Program Quality in Head Start, December 2006
    [HTML | Color PDF, 379 KB]

  • Head Start Performance Measures Center, Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2000): Technical Report, February 2006
    [HTML | Color PDF, 2.57 MB]

  • Executive Summary for Head Start FACES 2000: A Whole-Child Perspective on Program Performance, April 2003
    [HTML | B&W PDF, 46 KB]

  • Head Start FACES 2000: A Whole-Child Perspective on Program Performance, Fourth Progress Report, May 2003
    [HTML | B&W PDF, 900 KB]

  • Descriptive Study of Head Start Families: FACES Technical Report I, A, January 2002
    [HTML | B&W PDF, 7.79 MB]

  • Head Start FACES: Reaching Out to Families: Head Start Recruitment and Enrollment Practices, January 2001
    [HTML]

  • Head Start FACES (1997): Longitudinal Findings on Program Performance, Third Progress Report, January 2001
    [HTML | B&W PDF, 1.83 MB]

  • FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Program Quality and Outcomes, June 2000
    [HTML | Color PDF, 348 KB]

  • Head Start FACES (Pilot): Program Performance Measures, Second Progress Report, June 1998
    [HTML | Color PDF, 1.40 MB]

 

Presentations and Papers

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Tampa, Florida, April 24-27, 2003

  • Whole-Child Perspective on Head Start Reform: Findings on Children's Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Development from FACES 2000, A, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 190 KB]

  • Relationship Between Curricula and Family, Program and Classroom Characteristics, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 165 KB]

  • Understanding Quality in Head Start Classrooms: The Role of Teacher and Program-Level Factors, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 179 KB]

  • Relationship of Program and Classroom Characteristics to Children's Cognitive Gains and Social Development in Head Start, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 224 KB]

  • Relationship of Family and Parental Characteristics to Children's Cognitive and Social Development in Head Start, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 418 KB]

  • Predictive Validity of Cognitive and Behavioral Measures in Head Start: Relationships Within and Across Cognitive and Social Developmental Domains, April 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 185 KB]

 

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Head Start's 6th National Research Conference in Washington, DC, June 26-29, 2002

  • Tapestry of Head Start Families: Challenges They Face and Strengths They Possess, A, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 288 KB]

  • Exploring Diversity Among Head Start Families, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 245 KB]

  • Head Start Families and the Challenges They Encounter, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 302 KB]

  • Evidence of Strengths and Resilience Within Head Start Families, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 225 KB]

  • Head Start’s Role in Helping Families, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 233 KB]

  • Improving the Performance of the Head Start Program: Findings From FACES 2000, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 117 KB]

  • Constancy and Change in Head Start Classroom Quality and School Readiness Gains, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 209 KB]

  • Relationship of Classroom Quality and Type of Curriculum to Children's Progress in Head Start, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 183 KB]

  • Relationships of Teacher Beliefs and Qualifications to Classroom Quality in Head Start, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 268 KB]

  • Curricula Being Used in Head Start Programs: Who Gets What?, June 2002
    [HTML | Color PDF, 149 KB]

 

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Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 19-22, 2001.
(Poster Symposium-Longitudinal Findings from the Head Start FACES Study: Family, Neighborhood and Preschool Quality Factors in School Readiness)

  • Disabilities Among Children Enrolled in Head Start: Relationships to Child and Parent Outcomes, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 100 KB]

  • Latino Children in Head Start: Family Characteristics, Parent Involvement, and Satisfaction with the Head Start Program, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 436 KB]

  • Investigating the Role of Head Start Parents as Primary Nurturers of Their Children, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 116 KB]

  • Unpacking Quality in Head Start Classrooms: Relationships Among Dimensions of Quality at Different Levels of Analysis, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 128 KB]

  • Design and Implications of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 212 KB]

  • Do Neighborhoods Matter? Exploring Relationships Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Family Child Outcomes, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 125 KB]

  • Growth in Children's Literacy Skills in Head Start and Early Elementary School: Implications for Preschool Curricula, April 2001
    [HTML | Color PDF, 181 KB]

 

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Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 15-18, 1999.
(Poster Symposium-Emerging Views of Children in Poverty: The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey)

  • Is Head Start Providing High-Quality Educational Services? Unpacking Classroom Processes, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 84 KB]

  • What Children Know and Can Do at the End of Head Start and How It Relates to Program Quality, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 82 KB]

  • How Do Head Start Staff Characteristics Relate to Parent Involvement and Satisfaction?, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 73 KB]

  • Evolving Portrait of Head Start Families, An, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 194 KB | PPT, 123 KB]

  • FACES Embedded Case Study: Documenting the Methodology and Early Findings, The, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 158 KB]

  • Impact of Head Start Fathers on the Lives of Their Children, The, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 183 KB | PPT 127 KB]

Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation Meeting, April 26, 1999

  • Head Start Program Performance Measures Initiative and the FACES Study Design, The, April 1999
    [HTML | Color PDF, 80 KB]

Children and Families Magazine, Winter 2003

  • Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey: What Are We Learning About Program Quality and Child Development? The, Winter 2003
    [HTML | Color PDF, 215 KB]

 

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Instruments

 

Related Resources

 

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